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Jon Ronson: The Men Who Stare at Goats and Other Stories
By: Frontline
Posted: Nov 27 08
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Regions: United States
Issues: Armed conflict, Torture, War crimes
Tags: Geneva Conventions, george bush, iraq, prisoners of war, torture, US military, war on terror
Why are Iraqi prisoners of war being forced to listen to Barney the Purple Dinosaur's theme tune repeatedly, at top volume? Why have 100 de-bleated goats been secretly placed inside the Special Forces command centre at Fort Bragg, North Carolina? Has the US army really enlisted the help of Uri Geller? In The Men Who Stare at Goats, soon to be made into a feature film with an all-star cast, author Jon Ronson searches for answers to these and many other questions, revealing some of the extraordinary beliefs at the core of the War on Terror.
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